Provence - What I did and shopped

There is not one country in this world that I have traveled more than France. But the South of France and the Provence has been sitting on the top of my traveling list for quite some time now. So this summer Philipp and I spent a week roadtripping the Côte d'Azur and traveled from Nice to Avignon. We stayed in two nice Air Bnbs, one in Chateauneuf-Grasse and one in Aix en Provence.  

First stop: the French supermarket. There is no place on earth that I love more. No I am kidding, but I really love shopping for food and good wine and in that case the French just do it best. 2018 seems to be the year of rosé and since that is my favorite anyways we bought a few bottles throughout the trip. 

Second on the agenda was Foundation Maeght (Marguerite and Aimée Maeght are the founders,  you could compare them to the Guggenheims, they startet out as art collectors and ended up supporting many artists and providing them with a platform to showcase their work) where we got to see work by Joan Miro, Marc Chagall, George Braque, Giacometti and many more. The view up there is insanely beautiful and there is so much to see and explore. 

Close to the Foundation Maeght sits the cute little mountain city Saint-Paul-de-Vence that we just could not skip. Even tough it is a really nice place to visit it is also packed with other tourist and parking was very difficult and expensive. Next up was Cannes which is so so lovely. We walked up the hill and received a nice view of the Côte d'Azur and also Cannes itself. 

Then we headed west and visited Aix en Provence and Avignon. In Avignon we mainly visited the Palace of the Pope and had a nice afternoon swim in the bay of Cassis. Last but not least we explored Aix en Provence and really loved it. For me it was shopping paradise and also home to great artists ( Cézanne only to name the most important). Shopping in Aix was a cool experience. You will find the same shops as you do in Paris but with a really nice provencal flair to it. A must for me in France are the pharmacies where I bought a deodorant by Avène.  Furthermore I discovered two labels that I need share. 

Oysho is a Spanish label that I could not skip. The mostly sell athleisure, workout gear and underwear. I ended up buying two pairs of workout pants. I like the colors, the patterns and the fabric feels nice. And secondly I discovered Bastide. Forget Fragonard. Bastide is the place to shop luxury soap. I could have bought a lot more but we were traveling with hand luggage only so I decided to keep it simple. I went for the Miel de Lavande (lavender honey) and it smells so so so good! The packaging and everything else at this store gave me everything I was expecting from a soap shop in Provence.

Streets of Aix. 

In front of Bastide. 

What I bought in France.

Lavender honey soap. 

Oysho workout pants. 

Me in the streets of Aix en Provence. 

Outfit Post

Those of you who follow me on Instagram now, that I have asked you guys if I should get back in the game. And apparently you would like to see more of fashionforsunny.com.
So lets not only talk about it but actually start posting again on my blog.

Here is a little funny outfit post.

I am wearing a blue top from Samøe & Samsøe, the pants are H&M, the pink furry slippers are Zara Home and the bag is a simple Shopper by Givenchy.
The location is Burggarten in the Center of Vienna.
Love and Peace, Sunny

Burggasse 24

Dear readers,

in this post i present you the one and only BURGGASSE 24.
It seems like a common  second hand shop - but it is not.
It is the crème de la crème of second hand / thrift shopping.
They have the most amazing variety of outfits from the past decades
and the clothes are in a really healthy and clean condition.

But it is not only the clothes that make this shop so special.
It is also the atmosphere, the old ware house in the heart of Vienna where it is located.
And on top of this it shares the space with a stylist who started selling his own collection there.
That shop is called PENG! and is sort of an shop in shop system.

Not only you can spend many many hours wandering threw the coolest second hand shop of the city
but also you can sit there and have a nice cup of coffee or what ever pleases you because Burggasse 24 also has a little Café aside. The space is so cosy with an fireplace and vintage furniture.

Just when you thought vintage got vintage - you meet Burggasse 24 and you are all on it again.

PENG! shop 

PENG! shop

The Café 

Reach BURGGASSE 24 

- on Facebook

- in Instagram 

@burggasse24

 or at  Burggasse 24, 1070 Wien

fabric house at AFA Vienna

Dear readers,

last week an italian fabric house opened a show room of their latest textiles in the headquarter of the Austrian Fashion Association of Vienna. Unfortunately, it only lasted two days but I was lucky to see it all.
Fabric House has  already two shops, one in Düsseldorf and one in Munich, in Germany and an online shop. The fabrics are really good Italian quality and the prices are heavenly nice ( from 2 - 20 € per meter which is a bargain. They have fabrics from wool to pure cashmere to silk and all kinds of prints.

I got to choose some fabrics for our school's collection come spring and also did pick a few fabrics for me and my personal designs. Gladly we could buy at 3 meters already which is few for this industry and got the discount from the school!!

I hope you enjoyed this post and maybe got some new ideas for yourselves and a little inspiration.

To get more information on fabric house : https://www.fabric-house.eu/fbh/en/

the showroom

a lot of fabrics hanging in there !!

sneek peek on the collection from HLMW 9 michelbeuern

a little chanel look-a-like 

always in love with a good jacquard 

there can never be to much gold and glamour 

Thank you! 

balmaination

Dear readers,

as every year H&M collaborates with a quite advanced and popular label.
This year BALMAIN/PARIS was the lucky star and balmaination was born.
These past few years Balmain has gained a lot more buyers and fans. The label reinvented itself in 2006 and since that day we could never live without it again.

And since June 15 we have been waiting and some of us saving to this one day.
Lucky me - I was invited to the pre shopping event by H&M and got to purchase a few clothes right away. Drinks were served, a lot of pictures taken and the credit cards may need a rest until 2016…

Below you see my impressions of the evening and my latest investments.

Campain H&M x Balmaination 

The entrée of H&M 1070 in Vienna.

The place was really crowded. 

In a display. 

This dress was sold out within minutes.

A very veeeery happy sunny.

I bought myself a little balmaination. 

All in all the event was a real success.

In my BALMAIN x H&M jacket + wearing BALMAIN leather pants 

shoes vintage 

My review on the collection:

I think there were a few really good designs and it matches H&M perfectly.

But unfortunately often the fabrics of the dresses felt cheap and uncomfortable.

I really loved the Jackets and the accessories. 

THANK YOU H&M and BALMAIN for that experience. 

Perfect day off

Hello there,

spending a good day in Vienna is an easy thing to do.
Although spending the perfect day - it can be tricky.
But not for me if you first have a lovely breakfast at Nascha's
http://www.naschas.at with a dear friend
and
then go to the Vienna Fashion Week / POP UP STORE  at the Ringstrassen Galerien
http://www.ringstrassengalerien.com.
There you can shop designer clothing from VIENNA FASHION WEEK 2015 where I interned this year. with the Team of Creative Heads.

Hope you enjoy the post.

P.S. the pop up store is open until tomorrow 31.10. so when you're in Vienna right now- don't miss.

 NASCHAS in Vienna, 1010, Petersplatz 

Eggs Benedict

Beautiful Interior 

A walk through the city center on a beautiful autumn day

VIENNA / POP

FASHION / UP

WEEK / STORE 

BUFFET CLOTHING 

At the POP UP STORE I fell in love with Buffet clothing once again

http://www.buffetclothing.com

and am thinking of buying that beautiful sleeveless coat which I already saw at Vienna Fashion Week 2015

Me wearing 

selfmade coat

COS pants

cashmere top JOE TAFT

Céline bag white

GEOX trainers

pearl necklace inherited 

iPhone cover - marina hoermannseder

Le manteau - blanc

Dear readers,

in september my school for fashion design restarted and we had new projects on our minds.
One of those was to sew a coat, because it is one of the trickiest things in the crafts.

Mine should be a very special one, but one I would want to wear every single day.
I wanted it to be minimalistic, too. Aswell, as a little sunny ( look inside!!)
Below you get to see the whole process, from the sketch to the finished piece.

Please tell my what you think about it and if you believe that I am on the right track.

Love, Sunny

First - the sketch 

Second - the proto type

out of cotton 

Then the sewing process 

here you see a sleeve - undone

sewing process

 undone pockets

Then my very first self-made coat!

I am so proud of myself.

Inside - a light pink lining

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